I'm not really into post-production, but I've started playing with HDR, and wanted some advice from you guys on the best way about it... i don't really want to pay for Photomatix, but i'm having trouble tonnemapping in Photoshop.
Any tips and tricks you would like to share? Best software to use? Tutorials for advice? Should i just give up entirely and stick to pure photography?
I have a bunch of photos like this that i took in brackets, and would love to see how they take to HDR
I use Photomatix on the occasion I do HDR. People can get carried away with HDR, and things kind of look almost cartoonish after awhile. However, because digital sensors really have yet to zone expose properly, it has its purpose, if used properly. So, I have learned to try to keep it natural for exposure purposes. Here's 2 that most may not even guess were HDR:
@spietershawke Thank you. It takes a lot of playing around to get a nice, "Large format film" exposed shot. With Photomatix,the Tone Compressor accomplishes this better than the details enhancer.
I use photomatix lite and have a fair few projects which I process this way to liven them up a little. my favouritesfrom this month; I was never a fan of post processing, but I think if the composition of a shot is right and the lighting etc is good, you can have a lot of fun with it.
I use photomatix but the adobe HDR conversion isn't bad. Its best to shoot all your photos in RAW and probably also best to use 3 to 5 photos(even though you can HDR with 1). You can also do a lot of funky stuff with HDR but most of the 'purists' would prefer if it was closest to 'true' as possible.
This is just one HDR I have uploaded and is probably my 'cartoonist' one.
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processing: photomatix+lightroom, from 3 exposures (-2, 0, +2)
But i love that sunset.
ya, i think so, especially if you really like the HDR.
with proper setting it can (almost) reconstruct lost detail on your photo
This guy is master of HDR, Trey Ratcliff, he made great blog about HDR http://www.stuckincustoms.com/
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Maybe some these would help. http://speckyboy.com/2009/03/25/19-tutorials-for-creating-beautiful-hdr-high-dynamic-range-imagery/
Here's a photo that I tried the first tutorial on. It could be alot better, but that's my fault. I just learned about HDR.
This is just one HDR I have uploaded and is probably my 'cartoonist' one.